Belgium - new polygon data vogelbird contacted me ~2 weeks ago regarding Belgium. They have merged a couple of counties. Quote At ths map of PGC we still have a total of 581 counties. Since 01-01-2025 Belgium has 565 counties Antwerpen and Borsbeek merged into Antwerpen (59518) Bastogne and Bertogne merged into Bastogne (2426390) Beveren, Kruibeke and Zwijndrecht merged into Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht (18493532) Bilzen and Hoeselt merged into Bilzen-Hoeselt (1246112) Borgloon and Tongeren merged into Tongeren-Borgloon (1244996) De Pinte and Nazareth merged into Nazareth-De Pinte (18493642) Galmaarden, Gooik and Herne merged into Pajottegem (18491515) Ham and Tessenderlo merged into Tessenderlo-Ham (1229644) Hasselt and Kortessem merged into Hasselt (1230716) Lochristi and Wachtebeke merged into Lochristi (1335100) Lokeren and Moerbeke merged into Lokeren (1325552) Merelbeke and Melle merged into Merelbeke-Melle (18493670) Meulebeke and Tielt merged into Tielt (1322971) Ruiselede and Wingene merged into Wingene (1387970) I will update Project-GC's data today. It seems to follow the changes vogelbird listed. There was also a couple of renamed counties in OpenStreetMap. To make legacy information easier to handle I have renamed most of them to our old names. These checkers have been detected to potentially have issues: Quote Potentially affected challenge checker scripts: (source code matches a region/county that has been removed/added/moved) scriptId:10994 numTags:1 creator:rahmschnitzel scriptEnabled:0 scriptName:German Counties Find Path Potentially affected challenge checker tags: (config matches a region/county that has been removed/added/moved) tagId:73347 creator:vogelbird gccode:GCA2QFG scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country: tagId:32729 creator:vogelbird gccode:GC7G84G scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:Belgium tagId:32726 creator:vogelbird gccode:GC7J8C6 scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:Belgium tagId:8166 creator:RetiredGuy gccode:GC5KQMB scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:United States tagId:18100 creator:vogelbird gccode:GC426N2 scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:Germany The script itself can be ignored. Not used. Tag 8166 can be ignored (false alert). https://project-gc.com/forum/read?6,100462,100462#msg-100462 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:48:23 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?6,100462,100465#msg-100465 Re: Belgium - new polygon data https://project-gc.com/forum/read?6,100462,100465#msg-100465
Also changed checkers
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ME30/49546
44 counties to 43
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GCAR5H2/88675
65 becomes 63
https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7G84G/30834
69 becomes 68]]> vogelbird Checker news Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:25:46 +0000 https://project-gc.com/forum/read?6,100462,100462#msg-100462 Belgium - new polygon data https://project-gc.com/forum/read?6,100462,100462#msg-100462
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At ths map of PGC we still have a total of 581 counties.
Since 01-01-2025 Belgium has 565 counties

Antwerpen and Borsbeek merged into Antwerpen (59518)
Bastogne and Bertogne merged into Bastogne (2426390)
Beveren, Kruibeke and Zwijndrecht merged into Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht (18493532)
Bilzen and Hoeselt merged into Bilzen-Hoeselt (1246112)
Borgloon and Tongeren merged into Tongeren-Borgloon (1244996)
De Pinte and Nazareth merged into Nazareth-De Pinte (18493642)
Galmaarden, Gooik and Herne merged into Pajottegem (18491515)
Ham and Tessenderlo merged into Tessenderlo-Ham (1229644)
Hasselt and Kortessem merged into Hasselt (1230716)
Lochristi and Wachtebeke merged into Lochristi (1335100)
Lokeren and Moerbeke merged into Lokeren (1325552)
Merelbeke and Melle merged into Merelbeke-Melle (18493670)
Meulebeke and Tielt merged into Tielt (1322971)
Ruiselede and Wingene merged into Wingene (1387970)

I will update Project-GC's data today. It seems to follow the changes vogelbird listed. There was also a couple of renamed counties in OpenStreetMap. To make legacy information easier to handle I have renamed most of them to our old names.

These checkers have been detected to potentially have issues:
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Potentially affected challenge checker scripts:
(source code matches a region/county that has been removed/added/moved)
scriptId:10994 numTags:1 creator:rahmschnitzel scriptEnabled:0 scriptName:German Counties Find Path

Potentially affected challenge checker tags:
(config matches a region/county that has been removed/added/moved)
tagId:73347 creator:vogelbird gccode:GCA2QFG scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:
tagId:32729 creator:vogelbird gccode:GC7G84G scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:Belgium
tagId:32726 creator:vogelbird gccode:GC7J8C6 scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:Belgium
tagId:8166 creator:RetiredGuy gccode:GC5KQMB scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:United States
tagId:18100 creator:vogelbird gccode:GC426N2 scriptEnabled:1 tagEnabled:1 country:Germany

The script itself can be ignored. Not used.
Tag 8166 can be ignored (false alert).]]> magma1447 Checker news Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:35:03 +0000